Dave wrote:  Hi Jim, Here are a few pictures for the blog. Temperatures are more fall like here. Endless rain over 3 inches in the last 3 days. Some fall warblers plus a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and a White-throated Sparrow. The warblers are a Blackpoll Warbler and a Myrtle Warbler. Dave

10 23 2021 Dave Cesari

10 23 2021 Dave Cesari

10 23 2021 Dave Cesari

10 23 2021 Dave Cesari

10 23 2021 Dave Cesari

10 23 2021 Dave Cesari

Now I (Jim) will write:  In September,  I sold our place on Drummond Island,  had a barn sale, packed some things for shipment to Florida, Conn, and New Jersey (daughter Heather’s and son Jim’s place), stored an unsold boat for the winter and other misanulus things for sale in the spring, helped Jim and Sue load the Conn/NJ things (including the bed I was born in) into the stock trailer which they pulled there.  Their load included a 1948 Ford tractor which my dad (their granddad) bought in 1948. – They will keep it as a family heirloom along with the bed I was born in.

In October, I re-oriented myself to Florida. What great fun – it was relatively cool and dry so I got to spend a lot of time outdoors just seeing things and photographing many of them – Oh, I did start a new outdoor hobby which has challenged my old brain beyond what I ever expected. I will show you just a few photos of my outdoor adventures!:

Life is all art. The cloths you wear were created by a designer, the design on your rugs were created by an artist, how about the pattern on the plates your put your food on? The sky clouds are another pallet. As I left the Island for the last time this fall I stopped to salute our flag in front of the clouds over the marina on the way to the ferry.  I think the clouds are a real piece of art for a backdrop to our flag!

This cloud looks like it has a face to me. I saw it while biking here in TGO, Florida – I think it is beautiful abstract art!

Still biking – The cross drawn in the sky. – Contrails, I guess.

While outdoors biking I found this little guy crossing the road – I picked him/her up and placed him/her off the road – The road is a dumb place for a little guy like this.

Oh, be for I placed him/her off the road I looked at the undershell, It is a piece of art that would make a great pattern for something – maybe a rug.

See the squirrel at the base of the tree looking at the squirrel in the grass – Oops, the squirrel in grass is not a squirrel – it is a little palm branch that fell from the tree overhead.

Oh, I forgot to tell  you of my new hobby – here is my instructor & friend working on the model airplane model I flew earlier this week.

I made this photograph to explain why my instructor was working on the airplane, in the previous photo. Fortunatly all that was required was to remove a few pine needle from the wing. The audience of a dozen or so experienced pilots said they could not figure out how I saved the plane – they wanted to shake my hand – I told them my instructor took control of the plane just milliseconds in front of the tree and saved the plane! – I had nothing to do with saving it – I only set it up for disaster and I am sure I will do that again if they want to stay and watch!

Back to something I know a little about – biking. I enjoyed this shot because it was if I had a camera on a model airplane or drone – but I was only biking over a bridge and the deer were down by the water looking up at me.

As you swing thru life enjoy enjoy the Great Outdoors – I hope these photos help explain why I spend all my free time outdoors – just to see see God’s art and things every step or peddle of the way.